President Nixon initiated a brief communication via the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. This interaction served primarily as a logistical step to connect the President with another party. No substantive policy discussions or policy-related developments were recorded during this brief administrative exchange.
On March 9, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 9:26 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 874-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 874-1 Date: March 9, 1973 Time: 9:26 am Location: Oval Office The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 37-64]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.